Gene Principe ‏@GenePrincipe 6m
Edm.Oilers can thank/blame J.Eberle for 8am skate Friday. Eberle went to D.Eakins asking for early skate so team could watch Canada/USA semi

Good stuff!

I sure hope Mr. Eakins decided to watch the game with the rest of the team so he could watch and learn how a team is supposed to move the ****ing puck around on a powerplay. The passing on the powerplay which led to the winning goal was better puck movement than I've seen all season from the Oilers.

Not a dive right skate kicks right skate. Accidental, but it knocked Wickenheiser off balance.

Definitely a penalty. She made contact with Haley's right foot and it caused her to trip up. It was a good call. Could've even been a penalty shot, but I guess the trip wasn't quite blatant enough, and it was incidental. But that's certainly still a penalty.

its too bad for Knight that she ended up having her feet collide with haleys because that girl can fly and she was 2 strides away from being right beside her. she is a great player...were just better. also that Spooner girl can fly as well. womens hockey is faster than it was for sure, the future is bright for the girls.

Definitely a penalty. She made contact with Haley's right foot and it caused her to trip up. It was a good call. Could've even been a penalty shot, but I guess the trip wasn't quite blatant enough, and it was incidental. But that's certainly still a penalty.

i get the non call on the PS because HW didnt have control of the puck,

They really need to allow bodychecking in the women's game. It's so paternalistic to keep it out.

Actually it might stifle the growth of the sport if they have hitting. Canada and the US have a ton of history, experience and strength in the game right now, if you let those players, who are used to playing physical hockey growing up, play the 2nd and 3rd tier teams, they will run them out of the rink and things will probably get more silly and one-sided then they are now.

The Japanese team probably forfits if Canada can physically pound them into submission.

The comparison to weight differences between NHLers is not particularly relevant. There's a big difference between taking a hit when you're 180 lbs and outweighed by 40+ lbs and when you're 110 lbs and outweighed by 40+ lbs.

Canada and the US could adjust and handle a game with bodychecking. Most of the other countries could not. That's more of a long-term evolution that will eventually happen in the women's game.

I sure hope Mr. Eakins decided to watch the game with the rest of the team so he could watch and learn how a team is supposed to move the ****ing puck around on a powerplay. The passing on the powerplay which led to the winning goal was better puck movement than I've seen all season from the Oilers.

That tweet was referencing the men's game tomorrow. But the Oilers had the women's game on after practice just in time for overtime.

And Team Canada's powerplay wasn't very good. They had a 5 on 4, 5 on 3, and then a 5 on 4 in regulation and they didn't do anything. They also had a couple other pp's that I missed. Oilers do pretty well with the 4 on 3 in OT.